Calhoun Professor Calls Himself Ordinary Fellow
Dr Yin Sing Liu a 30 year old Calhoun State Junior College physics and engineering instructor with a PhD in nuclear physics from Illinois and a masters from South Carolina says he is an ordinary fellow. He moved from Hong Kong to the United States in 1963 and now works in Limestone County while also taking a two month stint as a cabinet making student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yin Sing Liu
Calhoun State Junior College
University of Illinois
University of South Carolina
Liu
Calhoun
Dr. Liu
America
Hong Kong
China
Ilingis Colleges
United States
Illinois
Limestone County
Amendment OK Present Says Cross in Mississippi county races
Constitutional amendment 14 passed statewide 46118 to 43396 despite a Lawrence County defeat 960 to 262. Supt Silas Cross called it a Christmas present, noting it allows referendums to renew school taxes and district elections, with Town Creek and Courtland districts likely to hold elections after year start.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Secretary of State
of Education
Silas Cross
Cross
Town Creek
Courtland
Alabama Among 29 States In Road Litter Survey Findings
Alabama participated in a Highway Research Board survey showing motorists drop about 1,304 litter items per mile monthly on interstates and primary highways. Alabama’s litter mix differs from national averages with higher cans and plastic items and more miscellaneous debris. The state conducted an anti litter campaign in 1969 cleaning 10 425 miles of highways by 950 workers at a cost of 300 000 and plans more clean up campaigns in early 1970.
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Alabama
The
Highway Research Board
Keep America Beautiful
Alabama Highway Department
Bureau of Research and Development
Bids Open For New Giles County School
Bids for construction of a new Giles County School are expected to open in mid January. Architect Hart Freeland Roberts submitted plans to Jack Lynch and committee members. final drafts and specs should be ready by January 1. The school will serve elementary and junior high pupils, replacing the former 12 grade building burned last January. The new plan includes a 600 seat gymnasium and renovation of the old cafeteria and home economics department.
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Minor Hill
Tenn
Jack Lynch
Giles County Board of Education
Eldridge White
Nashville
Hart, Freeland and Roberts
Lynch
Col Vernon V. Wallis Named Chief at Redstone Arsenal
Col Vernon V. Wallis has been named chief of the Army Missile Command Personnel and Training Office at Redstone Arsenal. He succeeds Maj Marshall L Byrd Jr and transfers from Ft Polk, Louisiana.
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Huntsville
Ala
Vernon V. Wallis
Army Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal
Col Wallis
Maj
Marshall L Byrd Jr
Wallis
Ft’ Polk
LPN Class Set For Limestone Opens Soon
An agreement among Athens Limestone County Hospital the Alabama Board of Nursing and Calhoun State Junior College will inaugurate a practical nursing program starting January 12 in Athens. The 12 month course prepares graduates to sit the State Board of Nursing exam for LPN certification. Open to men and women instructors from Calhoun State Junior College will run the program. about 1,000 have graduated from similar programs. Apply via Mr James King Calhoun State Junior College Box 548 Decatur AL 35601.
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Athens-Limestone County
Alabama Board of Nursing
John C. Calhoun State Junior College and Technical School
Athens
Alabama State Board of Nursing
Calhoun State Junior College and Technical School
James King
Calhoun State Junior’ College and Technical School
P.O. Box
Decatur
Alabama
Apollo 12 Crew Set for Huntsville Visit in 1970
The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center plans a January 8 visit by Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean to greet employees and thank them for their work on the moon mission. The trio may make brief appearances in Huntsville before a Birmingham public stop.
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Charles Conrad
Richard Gordon
Alan Bean
Huntsville
MSFC
Birmingham
Christiaan Barnard
Barnard
Johannesburg
South Africa
Morris Auditorium
Karl Pschera
Marshall
Ernst Stuhlinger
Two Hurt In City Wreck
Two people were treated and released from Decatur General Hospital after a traffic collision at the intersection of 6th Ave SE and 8th St SE at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday. Nicholas Letson, 19, Courtland, said he failed to see Terry Talkington, 24, Bloomingfield Hills, Michigan, who struck his car on the right side as Talkington tried to pass on a left turn onto 8th St.
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S. Nicholas Letson
Courtland 1
Linda Jones
11Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
6Th Ave
8Th St
Letson
Terry Talkington
Bloomingfield Hills
Mich
Talkington
Yule Shooting Investigated at Courtland Residence
Police question a woman in the Christmas Day shooting of Claude McCulloch 32 of Courtland at 5 40 p m at Hattie Sue Pettus 409 13th Ave NW. McCulloch is in critical condition at Huntsville Hospital with a single facial gunshot wound.
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Claude McCulloch
Courtland 2
Huntsville Hospital
Baugh-Wiley- Smith
Elk Club Dance for Members and Guests
The Elk Club hosts a dance at 8 p.m. for members and their guests at the lodge on 1st Ave.
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The
Elk Club
1St Ave
Regents of Huntsville Host Inspirational Music at Church
The Regents of Huntsville present a program of inspirational music at McKendree Methodist Church in Massey at 6 p m. The public is invited to attend.
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Regents of Huntsville
McKendree Methodist Church
Massey
Climatrol Names 3 Managers in Decatur Unit
Walter A. Eells promotes to operations marketing manager and names William W. Simmons product sales manager for unitary equipment while Robert W. Schmitt becomes product planning manager for Decatur packaged products. Eells joined Climatro l in 1967 and holds a Drexel BS in commerce and engineering. Simmons has nine years in air conditioning and a University of Miami BBA. Schmitt is a Northeastern mechanical engineering graduate.
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Walter A. Eells
Climatrol Industries
Eells
Decatur
William W. Simmons
Robert W. Schmitt
Climatro
Drexel Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
American Marketing Association
Clearview St
Simmons
Avery Engineering Company
Climatrol
Schmitt
University of Miami
19Th Ave
Northeastern University
Boston
Mass
Carridalé St
AU Professor Sees No Solution To Hunger
Auburn associate professor Virginia White argues that neither guaranteed income nor extra food stamps and commodities can eliminate hunger in the United States. The Auburn University nutrition and foods expert outlines limits of welfare programs and urges broader policy approaches.
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Auburn
Ala
United States
Virginia White
University
State Board of Education
Burglar Hits Town Creek Gin Store Fled With Small Items
A burglar broke into the Town Creek Gin Store Wednesday night through a window and attempted to breach the safe in what state investigators call an amateur job. A couple of pocket knives were reported missing, and the thief fled with a few small items.
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Town Creek
E. B. Watts
Vernon Waldrop
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John Zayancky
Teleteens
South Central Bell
George Murphree
Cullman, Fairview
Hanceville
Judson College
Marion
Rodney Hildreth
Fairview High School
Marsha Ryan
Extreme Right
Fairview High
Judson
Limestone
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Yule
Robert Schmitt
Patricia Carwile
Athens College
Miss Carwile
Fulton Carwile
Town Creek Merchandise
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